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Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. - NYTimes.com
WHEN I was 14, my mother told me not to panic if a police officer stopped me. And she cautioned me to carry ID and never run away from the police or I could be shot. In the nine years since my mother gave me this advice, I have had numerous occasions to consider her wisdom.
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Texas Man Seeks Inquiry After Exoneration in Murder - NYTimes.com
AUSTIN, Tex. — A Texas man wrongfully convicted in 1987 of murdering his wife is scheduled to be officially exonerated on Monday.
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Michael Morton on the day of his release in October. He served nearly 25 years for the murder of his wife before being cleared.
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That is no longer so unusual in Texas, where 45 inmates have been exonerated in the last decade based on DNA evidence. What is unprecedented is the move planned by lawyers for the man, Michael Morton: they are expected to file a request for a special hearing to determine whether the prosecutor broke state laws or ethics rules by withholding evidence that could have led to Mr. Morton’s acquittal 25 years ago. -
Delays for Paramedics Draw Criticism in Oakland - NYTimes.com
Gunshots cracked the air on a sunny morning as two men led a group of high school teachers on a tour of a violent area of West Oakland. As the teachers fled to safety, the local guides hurried to the chaotic scene on the nearby corner of 13th and Peralta Streets.
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A group of neighborhood residents held a vigil at the intersection.
A young man named Darius Jenkins lay on the ground bleeding as friends and neighbors panicked. Sam McNeal, an attendance counselor for McClymonds High School, crouched at his side and urged him to keep breathing while Ron Muhammad, a widely known community organizer, ran to the fire station about a block away. There he discovered a truck full of firefighters, waiting in the driveway. -
Last Convoy of American Troops Leaves Iraq - NYTimes.com
BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning, punctuating the end of the nearly nine-year war in Iraq.
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BT Files Patent Suit Against Google | PCWorld Business Center
British Telecommunications has filed a civil suit in a Delaware court alleging that some Google products and services including Android, and its search, music, map, and location-based advertising infringe on one or more of six of its patents.
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Bradley Manning hearing told of security failings at Iraq base | World news | guardian.co.uk
The person in charge of ensuring the security of the computer network that Bradley Manning worked on in Iraq was officially admonished earlier this year for failing to accredit and certify the system.
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